Wow! ESPN gives Golf Channel program a plug

ESPN’s “SportsCenter” had highlights of 14-year-old Alexis Thompson, who shot a 7-under-par 65 today in the opening round of the LPGA Classic, and had the Florida teenager for a live over-the-phone interview.

Im the middle of all this, SportsCenter anchor Dari Nowkhah said something I don’t believe I’ve ever heard before: “You can see this tournament on the Golf Channel at 8:30 Eastern time.”

We can only speculate, but you wonder if the free plug was in exchange for allowing ESPN to show the highlights before the tournament coverage aired. The Golf Channel’s overcrowded schedule forced coverage of the LPGA tournament to tape delay.